CAMRA reaches 100,000 members

4th August 2009, 9:40am

The Campaign for Real Ale has today announced the number of members that has joined the organisation has hit 100,000.

Mike Benner, CAMRA Chief Executive, said: "We are overjoyed at reaching 100,000 members, brought together by our passion for great British beer and community pubs. 

"But while we may relax and raise a glass or two to celebrate at the opening of the Great British Beer Festival today, we are not complacent and tomorrow the hard work campaigning for drinkers' rights will continue."

On hearing the landmark figure of 100,000 members, co-founder Michael Hardman, said: "We would never have believed in 1971 that one day we would have 100,000 members. We would have hailed it as a roaring success if we had managed to attract 1,000 like-minded souls, but we didn't bank on the huge support that was lying in wait for just such a campaign to come along."

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